Kleptocracy Daily: July 18, 2017

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TODAY: KI and the Partnership for Transparency’s Anti-Corruption Forum will host a discussion on U.S. government approaches to kleptocracy and money laundering, including investigations, prosecutions, compliance, and possible legislation. The event will begin at 11:45pm EST. More information and a link to watch online here.

“The MH17 tragedy illustrates two things:…Second, that we in the west, especially Britain – with a City of London that Russia uses to launder its dirty money – are complicit. According to Ben Judah, author of the Kleptocracy Curse: ‘Two powerful trends meet in London: the rise of the offshore financial system and the rise of globalized authoritarians.'”
-The Guardian